by Scott Bullock | Apr 9, 2024 | Ministry
Lessons Learned in Quarantine and Beyond Do you remember that first Sunday when you stayed cloistered in your home with the immediate family, when you exchanged your dapper church clothes for a pair of pajamas and made pancakes in the pan instead of preaching from the...
by Alan Briggs | Mar 12, 2024 | Burnout, Ministry, Work
A Leadership Coach’s Perspective I make it a habit to study what’s happening in churches across the country. I get the honor of coaching some incredible pastors, so I need to stay fresh. Any time I’m in a room of pastors I’m trying to sense the texture of the...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Sep 25, 2023 | Humility, Leadership, Ministry
A Rude Awakening Just as I began my seminary education, filled with a love of learning and a hunger to serve God, I attended a lecture. It was given at a nearby think tank, and the presenter was an author whom I admired at the time. It was early fall, and with no term...
by Claude Alexander | Jun 13, 2023 | Habits, Life, Ministry
Blog post adapted from Necessary Christianity by Claude Alexander, Jr. Adapted from Chapter 5, “I Must Be Diligent” The life of Jesus reveals that God’s call and God’s claim on the believer’s life are imperative in nature and not simply indicative. Hence,...
by Dan Baumgartner | Apr 21, 2023 | Busyness, Ministry, Work
I might not be the best person to be writing this. After an eleven-year career in business in my twenties and early thirties, I’ve been an ordained pastor now for nearly twenty-seven years. There are two phrases heavily used in ministry circles that drive me crazy–...
by Scott Bullock | Mar 8, 2023 | Leadership, Ministry, Preaching, Storytelling
The Master & His Workshop I remember first walking into my friend Andrew’s new workshop, housed in a colonial-style barn and situated on an expansive wooded acreage on the Eastern Seaboard. Think Bob Villa and “This Old House”! The barn had been refurbished to...
